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Ordinarily, if you want liquid to flow in only one direction through a pipe, that pipe needs to be equipped with a flap-type valve – which could fail. Now, however, scientists have created a new type of potentially more robust one-way-flow pipe, which … Continue reading Bio-inspired one-way-flow pipes handle liquid like sharks digest food
If a multitool already includes an adjustable wrench, surgical steel blade, bit driver and pry bar, how do you make it even more useful? Well, in the case of the new Pichi X2S, you give it a fold-out saw.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTag… Continue reading Titanium multitool gets more useful, by sproutin’ a saw
If a multitool already includes an adjustable wrench, surgical steel blade, bit driver and pry bar, how do you make it even more useful? Well, in the case of the new Pichi X2S, you give it a fold-out saw.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTag… Continue reading Titanium multitool gets more useful, by sproutin’ a saw
We’re now one step closer to seeing tourists making balloon flights to the edge of outer space. Just last week, Florida company Space Perspective sent a balloon-lifted test capsule to the outer limits of our planet’s atmosphere, followed by a successfu… Continue reading Sightseeing capsule makes its first balloon flight to the edge of outer space
We’re now one step closer to seeing tourists making balloon flights to the edge of outer space. Just last week, Florida company Space Perspective sent a balloon-lifted test capsule to the outer limits of our planet’s atmosphere, followed by a successfu… Continue reading Sightseeing capsule makes its first balloon flight to the edge of outer space
While cable machines do allow users to perform a wide variety of weight training exercises, the devices can cost up to several thousand dollars. The $75 Hyperbell Cable system, however, reportedly lets you do those same exercises using your existing du… Continue reading Sub-$100 system uses your dumbbells for cable-machine weight training
In what shouldn’t really come as a surprise, there are now a few different companies offering electric inline skates (aka rollerblades). The AtmosGear skates are unique, however, in that their battery is worn on the user’s waist.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Novel electric inline skates put the power on your waist
While clay is widely used to build basic structures such as huts, we typically don’t see it being utilized in large-scale construction projects. That could soon change, however, thanks to a recently developed process known as impact printing.Continue R… Continue reading Homes could soon be quickly built by clay-shooting “impact printers”
We’ve already seen multitools with features such as pry bars, adjustable wrenches, ratcheting drive sockets and “everlasting” pens. The PryMax 2.0 combines all of things and more in one compact titanium package.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, Lifes… Continue reading Wrenching, ratcheting multitool builds on its older sibling
Many indoor plant enthusiasts already know that mirrors can be used to direct more sunlight onto plants that need it. Scientists have now developed a method of applying that same principle to endangered tree seedlings that are struggling to grow in sha… Continue reading Forest-floor mirrors give shaded seedlings a 175% growth-boost